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No. 568,454. Patented Sept. 29, 1896,

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UNITED STATES i PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE A. NOROROSS, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OE TlVO-THIRDS TO J. O. SULLIVAN AND G. R. SULLIVAN, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOGRAPHIQ REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,454, dated September 29, 1896.

Application filed August 19, 1895. Serial No. 559,815. (N mOCISl-l 1'0 cir/ZZ whom, 2 may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Noncnoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Autograph-Register, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to autograph-registers;

and the objects in view are to provide imio proved means for guiding, printing, cutting,

and iilin g a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills; to provide improved means for operating the printing devices independently of the feeding mechanism,wherei 5 by strips of any desired length to suit the length of the account or bill may be made; to provide means for dating checks and numbering them successively, the adjustment of the numbering device being automatic, and, furthermore, to provide improved means for operating the tiling mechanism.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appearin the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a register embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3 3 of Eig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly broken away, of the printing-roll. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the writingtable on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Eig. 6 is a detail view, in longitudinal section, of the numbering devices. Eig. 7 is a detail view of one of the numbering-disks. Fig. 8 is a transverse section through the dating device on the line S S of Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a side view, partly broken away, of an autograph-register showing a slightly-modified form of filing device for the permanent or record bill. Fig. lO is a detail view of a modified form of printing mechanism.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a casing or box provided at its upper side near one end with an inclined writ- 5o ing plate or table 2, over which pass paper strips from the supply-rolls 3, 4, and 5, said strips extending through a feed-slot G, near the lower edge of the writing-plate. The strips of the rolls 3 and 4are reeled thereon in a common direction, and after passing through the machine thel checks from said rolls 3 and 4 form, respectively, the original and duplicate checks designed for the customer and the cashier, while the strip of the roll 5 is reeled inl the opposite direction, and after passing over 6o the writing-plate and receiving the impression of the printing mechanism again returns to the interior of the easing and forms the record-checks. The object in reeling the strips upon the rolls 3 and 4 in one direction and 65 upon the roll 5 in the other direction is to cause the former, which produce the original and duplicate checks, to curl or bend upward at their front extremities, while the strip of the roll 5 curls downward at its extremity. 7o After passing over the writing-plate the strips extend over the printing-table 7 and between the feed-rolls 8 and 9, after which the upwardly-curled front edges of the original and duplicate strips pass above the plane of the separator-li p l0, while the downwardly-curled extremity of the record-strip passes below the same and hence into the casing.

In order to cause a duplication of the record upon the duplicate and record strips as a bill is made ont upon the original strip, I employ duplicating or carbon paper ll,.the desired number of sheets vof which are reeled upon the spool 12 within the casing at one side of the printing-plate and adapted to be extended transversely across said plate, respectively, between the main and duplicate and between the duplicate and record strips, as indicated in Fig. 5. The spool l2 may be spring-actuated to reel the duplicating-paper.when released, such construction not being indicated in the drawings and being understood without further description. The free edges of the duplicating-strips are clamped to maintain said strips in their operative positions by means of a clamp 13, having parallel side arms 14, connected at their front ends yby a hinge-bar l5, mounted upon the writing-plate contiguous to the transverse feed-slot G. After stretching the carbon-sheets transversely over the writing-plate this clamping-frame is lowered to the position indicated in Figs. l,

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2, and 5 to secure the tree edges thereof, 1er which the paper strips may be i'ed as desired and as heretofore described to l'orm the checks.

Between vertical ears or extensions le' ot' the side plates or walls ol' the casing is arranged the printing-roller I7, having terminal trunnions IS, which operate in horizontal guides or ways l5) in said ears or extensions lt, and said roller is advanced from one end ot the guides or ways to the other by means ot' an operating-lever 20, connected to a rockshait 2l, mounted transversely in the casing. The connections between this rock-shalt and the trunnions of the printing-roll consist of guide-pins 22, mounted in horizontal guideways b in the side walls of the casing and connected to the trunnions of the printingroll by means ot side bars 2l, arms 25, iixed to the rock-shaft, and links 26, connecting the upper extremities oi said arms with the guide-pins 22. Both the guide-pins and trunnions oi' the printing-roll are adapted to receive antiiriction-rollers to operatic in the guidcways.

Connected tothe trnnnions ol the printingroll by means of links 27 are the inking and i'eeding rolls 2S and Q9, the former being in contact with the surface oi' the printing-roll. The printing-roll is preferably made hollow at one end for the reception ot manually-operated dating-disks 30, and arranged contiguous to the other end ot' said roll are the numbering-disks 3l, 32, and 33, a-rranged in parallel planes and mounted upon a common axis -i-l. These n umbering-disks are provided with ratchet-teeth 35, and the disk Ell, which is the units-disk, is actuated at each return or rearward movement of the printing-roll by means et' a pivotal pawl 3G, arranged at a suitable point upon the contiguous ear 1G and adapted by reason oi the beveled teeth to slip idly during the forward movement of the printing-roll. After the units-disk has made a complete revolution motion is communicated to the tens-disk by a pin 3T on the units-disk engaging the ratchetof the tensdisk, said pin being brought into operative relation with the ratchet of the tens-disk by means ol a cam 3S on the units-disk engaging a projection 239 on the spindle Bet and moving said disk laterally against the tension oit' the spring t0, said spring -tO being designed to normally maintain the units-disk in its propel' position. In the same way motion is comniunicated t' rom the tens to the hundreds disk at the end of each complete revolution of the tens-disk by means ot a pin Lwhieh engages with the ratchet-teeth on the hnmlreds-disk, and the tens-disk is moved to bring the pin -ll in engagement with the ratchet of the hundreds-disk by means corresponding with those above described for throwing the unitsdisk laterally to cause engagement of the pin 37 with the ratchet-teeth of the tens-disk.

In connection with the rock-shaft 2l I employ a return-spring -l2, whereby when the operating-lever 20 is released thc printingroll and connected parts are returned to the rear end of the printing-table and occ upy the positions indicated in Fig. il, and in this position of the printing-roll it vis out et contact: with the printing-table by reason ol a dep ression ft2), formed in the latter at its rear end. When the handle is depressed to canse the printing-roll to advance in the direction indicated by the latter in the guideway lt) in Fig. 2, the lowermost point of said roll is brought into contact with the printing-plate and rotary motion is imparted to the roll by its irictional contact with the plate. Uu ring the return movement ot' the printing-roll the pawl 3U cn gages the ratchet-teeth ol. the unitsdisk and imparts a partial rotary movement to the latter sullicient to bring the next numeral ot' said disk into the printing-plate or into such position to come in Contact with the printing-plate when the contiguous point ol' the printing-roll is in the printing position, and in the same way each return movement of the printing-roll causes a l'orward movement of the numbering devices to secure the consecutive numbering of the checks.

Obviously, during the return movement oi' the printing-roll the rotation thereof causes the printing-characters or type-faces to retrace or rcimpress the printed. surface.

In connection with the above-described mechanism for feeding and printing headings upon the checks, the feeding being accomplished by the rolls 8 and 0, of which one is provided with a crank -l-l, I employ tiling mechanism including a tiling-pin l5, having spring-coils 4G, a 'tiling-thread l?, extending through an eye LIS near the point ol' the liling-pin and extending from a suppl y-spool llt), and a filing-frame 50 for depressing the record checks or bills to impalc them upon the tiling-pin. The illiiig-l'rame is pivoted at 5l to the sides ot' the casing and extends beyond its pivotal point lor connection by means ol links 52 with the extremity ot' a rocking lever 53, said lever being t'ulcrumed at an intermediate point, as shown at 5l, with its inwardly-extonding arms 55 in the path of projections or :lingers 5U on the rockshat't 21.

In order to sever the checks as they are formed, I employ a vertically-reciprocablc knife 57, carried by vertical guide bars or arms 5S, to the lower ends of which are con,- nected the contiguous arms ol' bell-crank levers 51), and the other arms olf said bell-crank levers are connected by means ot' links 13o with the arms 25, which eonn'nunicate motion to the printing mechanism.

Assuming that the heading of acheek has been printed by the passage ot the printingroll over the printing-plate, the operation ol.' the device is as follows: At'ter the account ol sale or the desired list ot' articles has been written upon the original strip the crank -l-t is turned to feed the strips forward until the lowermostline ot writing on the original check IOO IIO

is beyond the plane of the knife 57, the front edge of the lower or record strip being passed within the casing below the plane of the filingframe 50, and the original and duplicate strips being passed out above the separating-lip 10. The operating-handle 2O is then grasped and depressed, thus simultaneously depressing the knife sufficiently to sever the checks from the strips and advancing the printing-roll over the printing-table to print the heading o f the succeeding check. After the rock-shaft 2l has been turned sufficiently to cause the severance of the checks from the strips the projections or fingers 56 come in contact with the levers 53 and thus depress the front arm of the filing-frame 50, thereby forcing the record-check downward upon the filing-pin. Then the operating-handle is released, the parts are returned to their normal positions by means of the spring 42.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a slightly-modified arrangement of means for filingv the recordchecks, the same consisting in extending the lower or record strip Gl into the casing and reeling it upon a roller or spool 62, which performs the additional function, in this case, of a feeding-roll and is provided with a handle 63. The strips are held in the proper positions in passing over the printing-plate (il by means of the pressure-roll 65, and in advance of this pressure-roll is arranged a fixed knife GG, by means of which the original and duplicate checks may be torn from the strips after they have been extended.

In Fig. l0 I have shown a slightly-modified arrangement of printing mechanism in which, instead of employing a roll, I use a flat plate or head 67, adapted, when not in use, to occupy a vertical position in contact with an inking-pad 68, arranged contiguous to the plane of the knife G9. The rock-shaft 70, which is arranged in a position 'similar to that above described, is provided with arms 71, connected by links 7 2 and 7 3 with the printing plate or head at different points'. Concentric with these points of connection of the links 7 2 and 7 3 with the printing plate or head are guide-pins 74 and 75, adapted to operate in ways 7 6 and 77, whereby as the printing plate or head is moved from the position shown in Fig. l0 it is turned through a quartercircle and reaches the printing-plate 7 8 in a horizontal position.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an autograph-register, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of printing mechanism having a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, the printing-table being depressed at one extremity of the path of the roll to allow the roll to pass out of contact therewith, operating connections for the printingroll, and in kin g devices, substantially as specified.

2. In an autograph-register, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table and havingits trunnions mounted in guideways parallel with the plane of the printingtable, side bars mounted at their upper extremities upon the spindle of the printing-roll and provided at their lower ends with guide-pins operatin g in guideways parallel with the guideways for the trunnions of the printing-roll, a rockshaft, and connections between the rock-shaft and the lower extremities of said side bars, substantially as specified.

In an autograph-register, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table and having its tr unnions mounted in guideways parallel with the plane of the table, inclined side'bars depending from the trunnions of the roll and provided at their lower extremities with guide-pins operati-ng in guideways parallel with the guideways for the trunnions of the printing-roll, a rock-shaft, and means for returning the same to its initial position after each advance movement, arms carried by the rock-shaft, and links connecting the extremities of said arms with the guide-pins of said side bars, substantially as specified.

4t. In an autograph-register, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls an d feeding devices, of a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, consecutivenumbering devices carried by the printingroll and adapted to be operated automatically during each movement of the roll, and operating connections for causing the roll to traverse the printing-table, substantially as specified.

5. In an autograph-register, thev combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of aprinting-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, consecutivenumbering devices carried by the printingroll and including a numbering-disk, pawland-ratchet mechanism for imparting a stepby-step movement to said numbering-disk during each movement of the printing-roll, and means for imparting motion to the roll to cause it to traverse the printing-table, substantially as specified.

G. In an autograph-register, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of printing mechanism including a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, a series of independentlymovable numbering-disks carried by the printing-roll, means for imparting a step-bystep rotary movement to one of said disks at each movement of the printing-roll, connections between the disks whereby motionis ICO IIO

transmitted from one to the other at intel'- vals, and means for imparting motion to the printing-roll, substantially as specified.

7. In an autograph-rogister, the combination with a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of printing mechanism including a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, means 'for communicating motion to the printing-roll. to cause it to traverse the table, and consecutive-numbering devices carried by the printing-roll and including a series of disks mounted ior independent rotation upon a common spindle and for axial sliding movement toward each other, resilient devices for maintaining said disks in their normal relative positions, ratchets and pins arranged, respectively,upon the contiguous faces of the disks and adapted to be brought into engagement bythe axial sliding movement thereof, a paivl adapted to engage the ratchet of one of the disks toimpart a step-by-step rotary movement thereto at each movement of the printing-roll across the printing-table, and means for imparting axial sliding movement to the disks at intervals to bring said pins and ratchets into engagement and cause the transmission of rotary movement f rom one disk to the other, substantially as specified.

S. In an autograph-1'egister, the combination with a Writing-plate, paper-supply rolls and feeding devices, of printing mechanism including a printing-roll adapted to traverse a printing-table, means for operating the printing-roll, and consecutive-nuinbering devices carried by the printing-roll including independently-rotatable disks mounted upon a common spindle and adapted for a-xial sliding movement thereon, resilient means i'or holding the disks in their normal positions, means for communicating motion from one disk to the next in series when sliding movement is imparted thereto against the tension of said resilient means, feeding devices for imparting a step-by-step rotary movement to one of the disks at each movement of the printing-roll across the printing-table, and cooperating cams and projections arranged, respectively, upon the disks and the spindle thereof to cause axial sliding movement ol the disks and communicate movement from one disk to the other, substantially as specilied.

9. In an autograph-register, the combination With a writing-plate, paper-supply rolls, feeding devices, printing and cutting meehanisms, and means i'or operating said printing and cutting mechanisms, the same incl uding an operating-lever, of filing mechanism including a Filing-pin, a pivotal iiling-'frame adapted to depress a check upon the lilingpin, a rocking lever, connections between the rocking lever and the {lling-frame, and a iinger carried by the operating-lever and adapted to engage and impart motion to the rocking lever at an intermediate point of its movement, whereby the printing and cutting mechanisms precede the filing mechanism in operation, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. NORUROSS,

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